Japan: E-books to Test Sales at Bookstores
From the Kyodo News Service (via Japan Times):
A consortium of 13 companies, including bookstore chain Kinokuniya Co. and online shopping mall Rakuten Inc., will test sales of e-books at regular bookstores next spring, sources said Sunday.
The aim is to familiarize consumers with e-books and to halt the decline of regular bookstores across the country, they said.
See Also: Kinokuniya Opens Bookstore in the Chicago Suburbs (October 2013)
Mechanical translation via Google Translate.
See Also: Establishment of Nippon Electronic Library Service
Another Kinokuniya project. Mechanical translation via Google Translate.
See Also: “National Library Joins Digital Wave, Will Offer Books Online” (January 29, 2013)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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